Unfortunately the management team of the franchised restaurant in Waco chose to ignore the warnings and advice from both the police and our company, and did not uphold the high security standards we have in place to ensure everyone is safe at our restaurants.

We have attempted to work with the local management to get that cut back to no avail. They have not been much assistance to us. Apparently the management wanted them here and so we didn’t have any say-so on whether they could be here or not.

The "breastaurant" uses a mountain sports lodge theme and employs scantily clad female servers, similar to Hooters. The restaurant chain relies on a franchise model, in which it awards licenses for business owners to use the brand. The initial cost for a Twin Peaks restaurant ranges from $1.3 million to $2.4 million depending on the restaurant's size and location, with the franchise fee at $50,000, according to the company's website. The Waco Tribune-Herald said the Waco restaurant opened late last summer in Central Texas Marketplace.

We were shocked by the shootings that took place in the parking lot of our franchised restaurant in Waco and are still in the process of reviewing all the circumstances surrounding it. We are thankful no employees, guests or police were injured in this senseless violence outside the restaurant, and our sympathies are with the families of those killed.